A screenshot of a tweet by Ken Dilanian quoting concerns that an order to kill boat occupants who are no longer able to fight would constitute a war crime. Below is a collage of nine infrared or night-vision aerial images showing small boats in the water. At the bottom is a caption referencing “Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike.”

During WWII a German vessel fired upon sailors floating in the sea after the Greek vessel Peleus was sunk. The officers were tried and convicted in the Peleus War Crimes trial.

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the worms lol

It resonates

Another clue is that they mix tone/register in inapproriate ways. I think anyone who has read slush or thousands of undergrad papers can spot current AIs.

Honestly, there are tells for each of the AIs but not the ones people think. The first clue is that they each have preferred sentence patterns. Even naïve writers have more variety.

Nobody--and I mean nobody--gets a Nazi tattoo by accident.

ICE is misbehaving in Portland again tonight. As soon as it’s dark they turn on flood lights and release tear gas while protesters hang out across the street so propagandists can take pix making it look like a riot.

College journalists are not only the most passionate in all of media but also are college students who will totally stay up all night to make this happen.

WOW... JUST WOW...

In order to justify invoking the insurrection act in Portland, Oregon, trump faked a riot with professional videographers, the military and hired extras.

Sen. Jeffrey Merkley tells us what happened :